Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. Deem I thus did his dame and thus-wise Liber his uncle
  2. Speak, and on spindle-side grandsire and grandmother too.
  3. Restful reposed all ears when he was sent into Syria,
  4. Hearing the self-same words softly and smoothly pronouncèd,
  5. Nor any feared to hear such harshness uttered thereafter,
  6. Whenas a sudden came message of horrible news,
  7. Namely th' lonian waves when Arrius thither had wended,
  8. Were "lonian" no more—they had "Hionian" become.